Supersets are performing two exercises back to back. You can do this for the same body part or opposite body parts which is called antagonistic supersets.
Same Set can then be divided into pre exhaust or post exhaust. Pre exhaust is tiring a muscle with an isolation move before then moving onto doing a big compound move. This will make sure you take the muscle to complete failure as you will start to use supporting muscles to help once the targeted muscle has completely failed. Post exhaust is the opposite as you will do you big compound move first then finish it off with an isolation move to push it beyond its boundaries.
Antagonist sets are working opposite muscle groups so you would do a chin up for your biceps followed by dips for your triceps. This means whilst one muscle rests the other will work. It will also work your muscles hard in a short amount of time if you need a quick session.
People doing supersets have shown to boost there strength gains a lot quicker than people who just do single set workouts. And they save themselves a lot more time!
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